Backup single large file

Alvescot · #1 (**permalink**) 06-09-2005

Hi

I have a single large file 11gb that I need to copy/backup to tape then restore on another system. I tried tar but that complained about the file being too large

Anyone have any suggestions how I can do this with AIX 5.2

Much appreciated.

jhansrod · #2 (**permalink**) 06-09-2005

Have you tried cpio ?

jyoung · #3 (**permalink**) 06-09-2005

This was helpful for me:
dumping data and compressing

bakunin · #4 (**permalink**) 06-14-2005

In addition to what is in the mentioned thread you could also try the following:

tar -cvf - <yourfile> | gzip -9 <name_of_resultfile>

Unpack it by:

gzip -cd <name_of_resultfile> | tar -xvf -

bakunin

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